Leo Quotes Season 1

“We’re the only super power left — you can conquer the world like Charlemagne. But you better be prepared to kill everyone and you better start with me, ’cause I will raise up an army against you.”

“Of course it’s not good. There is no good. It’s what there is. It’s how you behave if you’re the most powerful country in the world. It’s what our fathers taught us.”

“There are two things you never want to let people see how you make ’em: laws and sausages.”

“It is in the spirit of Andrew Jackson that I, from time to time, ask senior staff to have face-to-face meetings with those people representing organizations who have a difficult time getting our attention. I know the more jaded among you see this as something rather beneath you. But I assure you that listening to the voices of passionate Americans is beneath no one, and surely not the people’s servants.”

“If we’re going to walk into walls I want us running into them full speed. We’re going to lose some of these battles, and we might even lose the White House, but we’re not going to be threatened by issues. We’re going to bring ’em front and center. We’re going to raise the level of public debate in this country, and let that be our legacy.”

"He's a klutz, Mrs. Landingham. Your president's a geek."

"Well I think there shouldn't be instant replay in football, but that's not my call now, is it?"

"I've known him for 40 years... and all I can promise you is that on any given day, there's no predicting what he will choose to care about."

"What we really need to do is arrest people for being mean to the President,"

"There are two things you never want to let people see how you make 'em: laws and sausages."

"All right. This was fun but Sam and I are busy making critical decisions,"

"And you can squeeze the life out of a nickel better than any 10 people I know."

""I am making a mental list of those who are snickering, and even as I speak I am preparing appropriate retribution."

"The President's startlingly freakish that way."

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